Combined table and ironing board



AphlO, 1923. 1,451,508 c. J. HENDERSON COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Apr. 10, 1923.

C. J. HENDERSON COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD 1 2, 1 921 5 sheets-sheet 2 Filed Oct.

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Apr. '10, 1923. 1,451,508

C. J. HENDERSON COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD Filed 001; 12, 1921 5 sheets-sheet 3 INVENTOR:

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Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

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COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD.

Application filed October 12,1921. Serial 1W0. 507,180.

T 0 all whom it mayconcemt:

Be it known that I, CrrARLns J. HENDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Tables and Ironing Boards, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its principal object to produce a simple and novel structure adapted to be used as a kitchen table or the like and be provided with an ironing board attachment which is concealed when not in use and which, when in use, does not make-it necessary to clear off the table.

In carrying out my invention I place the ironing board in a drawer-like part of the table and therefore, viewed in one of its aspects, my invention may be said to have for its object to produce a simple and novel ironing board apparatus which, when not in use, will be housed within a drawer of a table or other piece of furniture or device.

A further object of the present invention is to produce a simple and novel ironing board apparatus adapted to be housed within a drawer and, when ready for use, have a length greater than the length of the drawer.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference maybe had to the followingdetailed description taken in. connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of anombined table and ironing board arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. is'a vertical section through the upper portion of the :table, "taken approximatelyon line 22of Fig. '3, the table top being shown inelev'ation;

Fig. "3 is'a section "taken approximately on line. 3-3 0 15' Fig. 1, the ironing board being-shown housed withinthe table;

Fig. tie a view siinilar'to Fig. 3'showing the drawer which supports the ironing board ut an the roning board partly unfolded;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 3 and 1, showing the condition of the parts when the ironing board is ready for use;

Fig. 6 is a section taken approximately on line 6-6 of Fig. 5, the stationary parts of the table being omitted;

Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 77 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a detail illustrating the sliding connection between the drawer and the table;

Fig. 9 is a detail showing the relation of the movable drawer-supporting leg with the adjacent portions of the stationary part of the table;

Fig. 10 is an end view of one end of the ironing board illustrating a catch for look ing the auxiliary board to the same;

F ig. 11 is; an edge view of the meeting ends of the two sections board; and

' Fig. 12 is a. bottom plan view of those portions of the ironing board shown in Fig. 11.

In the drawings I have illustrated my invention as applied to a kitchen table and, for the sake of brevity, I shall confine the detailed description to this particular embodiment although it will of course be understood that the ironing board may be associated with a drawer movably supported by any other piece of furniture or structure.

Referring to-the drawing, 1 represents a table having a large drawer 2 extending throughout the length thereof and preferably provided at the middle with a leg 3 for supporting the outer end of the drawer when the latter is pulled out. If desired, the drawer maybe provided at one end with a thickened portion or shoe 2 fitting into a suitable guideway 4: in the floor or wall 5 of the table underlying and support: ing the drawer. This permits the drawer as a whole to be made somewhat shorter than the compartment in the table into which it projects, the extreme outer end of the drawer being made long enough, as indicated at 6, to fit in the opening through whichthe drawer enters, when the drawer is closed, so as not to leave an open space.

The ironing board is made in two secapproximately of the ironing tions 8 and 9, section 8 being substantially'as inwardly from the top of the front we.

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12 of the drawer. The parts are so propoi tioned that this section of the ironing board may be swung between the position shown in full lines in Fig. 6 to that shown in dotted lines in the same figure. Vl hen in the position shown in full lines, the ironing board rests upon the upper edge of the front wall of the drawer and when in the dotted line position it lies within the drawer, supported along one edge by the brackets and preferably resting on a suitable support or supports 13 in the vicinity of its other edge. The hinge connections between the ironing board section 8 and the brackets are such that this section of the ironing board may be slid bodily along the top of the front edge of the drawer, after it has been swung up shown in F l, until it extends beyond the end of the drawer, as indicated in Fig. 5. This may be acconiplished by making the hinge pin in the form of a long rod 14 carried by the brackets and passing through the lugs or feet. The section 9 of the ironing board is hinged at one edge, as indicated at 15, to a bail-like part 16 which is hinged to the bottom of the drawer; the parts being so proportioned that the member 9 may be swung between the full line position shown in Fig. 7 and the dotted line position shown in this same figure. W hen the member 9 is occupying the full line position it is resting at its longitudinal medial line on top of the front wall of the drawer, the bail 16 serving as a leg or foot to support the inner edge of the member 9 and prevent tilting of said member. If desired, the member 9 may be interlocked with the front wall of the drawer in any suitable way, as, for example, by providing the wall with a groove 17 in the upper edge thereof and providing the member 9 with a tongue 18 adapted to lie in the groove when the member 9 is swung into its working position.

When the ironing board is not in use the members 8 and 9 lie within the drawer as shown in Fig. 3, the member 8 being arranged above the member 9, the drawer being pushed back into the table so that the ironing board is concealed. When it is desired to use the ironing board the drawer is first pulled out as shown in Fig. 4, the member 8 is swung upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 4 and is then pushed toward the left so as to pass beyond the left hand end of the section 9 of the ironing board. The section 9 is then swung upwardly so as to register with the right hand end of the section 8, as shown in Fig. 5. The bail is preferably so constructed that it projects beyond the left hand end of the section 9 of the ironing board so that, when the parts assume the positions shown in Fig. 5, the bail underlies the adjacent end of the section 8. The section 8 is provided with a suitable catch 19 on the under side thereof, past which the bail snaps when the section 9 is swung up and out, thus locking the bail in its upright position and preventing the section 9 from accidentally dropping back into the drawer. The details of the particular catch illustrated are best shown in Figs. 10 to 12. lVhen it is desired to put away the ironing board, the catch 19 is released, the section 9 of the ironing board is swung back into the drawer, the section 8 is moved bodily toward the right along the upper edge of the drawer and, when it reaches the position shown in Fig. 4t, it may be folded or swung back into the drawer which may then be closed.

In order that the ironing board may be used freely and that round or continuous objects like skirts can be slipped over the same, I prefer to cut away a section of the bottom of the drawer extending inwardly from the left hand end at some distance behind the front wall, the left hand side wall of the drawer being also cut away for a distance registering with and equal to the width of the slot 21 thus formed in the bottom. Then, when the ironing board has been adjusted ready for use, as illustrated in Fig. 5, there are no obstructions beyond and below the inner side or edge of the main section 8 of the ironing board which is the one on which it is intended that the ironing should be done; and therefore skirts or other round or continuous objects may be ironed by slipping them over the left hand end of the ironing board and the underlyin; tongue-like part of the drawer.

The drawer may be of the full width or depth of the table, namely considerably wider than the ironing board, so that the rear portion thereof may be used for the ordinary purposes of a drawer. In the arrangement shown, I have provided the drawer with suitable walls and partitions to form therein a compartment 23 extending along the rear thereof, and two shorter compartments 24 and 25 lying just behind the slot 21. As heretofore stated, these compartments may be used for any general purposes or, if desired, they may be used to house the fiat irons and other devices or appurtenances used in ironing. The supporting stop or rest for the inner edge of the long section of the ironing board, when the latter is housed within the drawer, may conveniently consist of the front wall 26 of the compartments 24 and 25 which is made of less depth than the side walls 27 of the drawer, and also of the partition 28 between the compartments 24C and 25 and the right hand end wall 29 of the compartment 25.

It will be seen that when the ironing board is not in use it is stored out of the way within the table which may then have the appearance of an ordinary kitchen table or of any other style of table. When the ironing board is to be put into use, it is unnecessary to clear off the top of the table or disturb anything which may be resting on the latter, because the ironing board, consisting of the main section on which the ironing is done and the auxiliary section on which the irons may be rested when not in use, is entirely independent of the table top.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the terms employed in the definition of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a drawer, means for slidably supporting the drawer, said drawer having a supporting leg at the middle of the front end, the drawer having a section at one side and a section of the bottom removed therefrom a short distance in rear of the front end so as to form at the front end of the drawer a comparatively narrow arm supported at its inner end and free at its outer end, and an ironing board associated with said drawer and movable from a stored position within the drawer to a working position overlying said arm.

2. In combination, a movable drawer,

means for supporting the drawer, an iron ing board longer than the drawer made in two sections adapted to be placed end to end, one of said sections being mounted on the drawer so as to be movable from a stored position within the drawer to a working position above the front wall of the drawer, and the second section being movable from a stored position within the drawer and overlying the first section to a working position in which it is arranged end to end with respect to the first section.

3. In combination, a movable drawer, means for supporting the drawer, anironing board made in two sections the first of which is connected to the drawer so as to be movable from a stored position housed within the drawer and a working position in which it overlies the front end of the drawer, and a sliding and hinged connection between the second section and the drawer constructed and arranged to permit that section to be swung in and out of the drawer while overlapping the first section and to be moved longitudinally when it is out of the drawer so as to carry it beyond one end of the first section and permit the latter to be brought into registration therewith.

4. A table provided with a drawer having a supporting leg at the front end near the middle thereof, a portion of the drawer be ing cut away so as to give a portion of the front end thereof the shape of a transverse arm supported at its inner end, and an ironing board associated with the drawer and movable from a stored position within the drawer to a position in which it overlies said arm.

5. A table provided with a drawer having a supporting leg at the front end near the middle thereof, a portion of the drawer being cut away so as to give a portion of the front end thereof the shape of a transverse arm supported at its inner end, and a sectional ironing board longer than the drawer connected with the latter so as to be movable from a stored collapsed position within the drawer to a working position in which the sections lie end to end above said arm.

6. In combination, a drawer, means for slidably supporting the drawer, the drawer having a section at one side and a section of the bottom removed therefrom a short distance in rear of the front end so as to form at the front end of the drawer a comparatively narrow arm supported at its inner end and free at its outer end, and an ironing board associated with said drawer,

and movable from a stored position within the drawer to a position overlying said arm.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

CHARLES J. HENDERSON. 

